Aposticha stichera, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: “O ye hosts of angels, go forth…”—

Litany and dismissal.

Let us now cry out to the Lord in prophecy: Thou hast appeared unto us, O our Savior and Creator, and hast crushed the mouths of the serpents in the Jordan, in that Thou art compassionate, O Word, and hast illumined the blind with Thy light, O Christ! Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

Now & ever…: Theotokion, in the same tone—

Troparion of the feast, in Tone I—

Stichos: The sea beheld and fled, Jordan turned back.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

As Thou art light, the Effulgence of the Light, O my Jesus, Thou hast illumined with Thine ineffable radiance us who of old were blinded in Eden by the serpent; and beholding by Thy light the light in the Jordan, we all chant with faith: Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

By thy baptism, O Word, Thou hast given strength against the enemy to us who with love honor Thy dispensation, which Thou hast wrought of Thine own will, releasing men from the curse which they incurred in Eden. To Thee do we chant: Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

Now & ever…: Theotokion, in the same tone—

Stichos: The sea beheld and fled, Jordan turned back.

Stichos: What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? And thou, O Jordan, that thou didst turn back?

O Forerunner, thou initiate and performer of awesome mysteries, who thyself beheldest joy and the Spirit: Entreat the Word Who was baptized by thee, as was His good pleasure, that He ever grant us deliverance from offenses. To Him do we chant: Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

Let us who once of our own volition were clad in garments of skin through the fall of Adam, now drawn today to the streams of the Jordan by the baptism of the Lord, cry out to Him, theologizing with the angels: Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

Stichos: What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? And thou, O Jordan, that thou didst turn back?

Glory…, Now & ever…, idiomelon, in the same tone—

Let us lift up our hearts in understanding, O ye faithful! And let us run with haste to the streams of the Jordan, and behold the Creator baptized in the flesh by John the Forerunner; and theologizing with him, let us chant: Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

O ye faithful, let us hymn the magnitude of God’s beneficence toward us; for, having become man because of our transgressions, He Who alone is pure and incorrupt is washed in the Jordan with our purification, sanctifying me and the waters, and crushing the heads of the serpents in the water. Wherefore, with gladness let us draw forth water, O brethren; for the grace of the Spirit is invisibly given by Christ God, the Savior of our souls, unto those who draw forth with faith.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in the same tone & melody—

When Thou wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest: for the voice of the Father bore witness unto Thee, calling Thee His beloved Son; and the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ God, Who hast appeared and enlightened the world, glory be to Thee!

O the dispensation of God which passeth understanding! How doth the Creator stand before His creature and bow His head before him? For by His example He setteth a model of humility before us who have been illumined by Him. To Him do we chant: Blessed art Thou Who hast appeared! O our God, glory be to Thee!

Having set thy mind as master over the passions and labored not in love of the flesh, thou didst live angelically, in purity, O Savva.

Troparion, in Tone III—

Stichos: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

At the Blessing of the Loaves, the troparion, in Tone III—

As master of thy countrymen, to thy people thou wast given by Christ as an apostle and first hierarch, O father.

Stichos: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.

By thy supplications unto Christ, O father Savva, do thou preserve thy reason-endowed flock from being dispersed by the adversary.

Glory…, in Tone IV—

From earliest childhood thou didst love the people who love thee, and didst labor for them until thy death; and even after death thou hast not forsaken those who have received thee whole and fragrant from thy strange journey, and who are gladdened, having thee as a royal ornament. For thou didst adorn them with the cathedra of thy primacy, and, having adorned them also with thy royalty, thou didst repose and didst make them steadfast by the Faith of the Trinity. And now they honor thy memory with the chanting of divine hymns, praying: O God-bearing and most sacred father Savva, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.

Deliver us from our needs, O Mother of Christ God, who gavest birth unto the Creator of all, that we all may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O thou who alone art the intercession for our souls!

Thou wast a guide to the path which leadeth to Life, a primate and teacher; for, having arrived, O holy hierarch Savva, thou didst enlighten thy native land, and having regenerated it by the Holy Spirit, like an olive-tree in a noetic garden thou didst plant the most sacred children. Wherefore, honoring thee as one equally enthroned with the apostles and hierarchs, we beseech thee: Entreat Christ God, that He grant us great mercy.

We hymn thee who hast mediated the salvation of our race, O Virgin Theotokos; for thy Son and our God, accepting suffering on the Cross in the flesh He had received of thee, hath delivered us from corruption, in that He loveth mankind.

With what crowns of praise shall we adorn the most blessed Savva, the spiritual sun who shone forth from Christ, the noetic East, and hath illumined his people in the West, teaching them with divine understanding, and as a faithful servant caused them to grow in piety for his Master? Wherefore, Christ alone, Who loveth mankind and possesseth great mercy, hath adorned him fittingly with the ornaments of undying glory.

Stichos: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

With what spiritual hymns shall we praise the sacred Savva? By him have we come to understand the tablets of the Gospel, the new covenant of God; by him have we truly come to know the Orthodox Faith, to worship the one God in Trinity, and, though far away from and alien to the mysteries of God, we have become close to them and true performers thereof. By law and custom we have become Christian people: we crown kings and consecrate bishops; and, adorned with all the ways of goodness, we glorify Christ, Who hath great mercy.

Stichos: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.

With what beauties of hymnody shall we bless thee, O right wondrous father Savva, who leadest all to an understanding of God by the splendor of thy life? Thou dost astonish us by thy wondrous miracles; for, as Elijah called down fire of old, by thy supplication thou didst cause hail to fall from the heavens, didst restore thy brother to life, didst raise up one paralyzed, didst cause the sea to give forth fish as a gift to thee, didst straighten the spine of a hunch-back, and didst perform many other wonders in God. Wherefore, we celebrate thy memory with love, magnifying Christ Who hath great mercy.

Glory…, in Tone IV—

In gladness let us who have been assembled by the grace of the divine Spirit bless Symeon, the scion of piety, from whom the most sacred Savva, the grapes of purity, sprang forth; and with hymns let us praise the mystic luminaries of the Church, the champions of the Trinity who cast down heresies, the adornment of priests, the cause of assembly for monks and of consolation for the poor, who were rich in every virtue; let us cry out in supplication to them as they stand now before Christ, adorned with crowns of apostleship as well as asceticism: Ask peace for the world and great mercy for our souls.

Mercifully regard the supplications of thy servants, O all-immaculate one, quelling the uprisings of the cruel demons against us, delivering us from every sorrow; for thee alone have we as a steadfast and sure confirmation, and we have acquired thine intercession; let not us that call upon thee be put to shame, O Mistress. Haste thou to answer the entreaty of those who cry out to thee with faith: Rejoice, thou help, joy and protection of all, and salvation of our souls!

Thou wast a guide to the path which leadeth to Life, a primate and teacher; for, having arrived, O holy hierarch Savva, thou didst enlighten thy native land, and having regenerated it by the Holy Spirit, like an olive-tree in a noetic garden thou didst plant thy most sacred children. Wherefore, honoring thee as one equally enthroned with the apostles and hierarchs, we beseech thee: Entreat Christ God, that He grant us great mercy. Twice

When Thou wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest: for the voice of the Father bore witness unto Thee, calling Thee His beloved Son; and the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ God, Who hast appeared and enlightened the world, glory be to Thee!